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Marko Zaror & Tyrik Johnson Join Amazon MGM Studios Action Film ‘Deadlocked’
Marko Zaror and Tyrik Johnson have joined the cast of Amazon MGM Studios’ action film *Deadlocked*, which is being made for Prime Video. They join leading actor Jamie Foxx alongside Sasha Calle, KiKi Layne and Luke Hemsworth, with Nikhil Bhat directing.
The film follows a grieving former Marine serving on a jury whose trial becomes a deadly courthouse hostage crisis when the defendant’s daughter takes control of the building to free her father. Character details for Zaror and Johnson have not been disclosed; the screenplay was written by Eric Scott Anderson and Matt Takejiro Bosack, with producers including Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Dave Caplan and Foxx.
In short
- Marko Zaror and Tyrik Johnson join *Deadlocked*.
- Jamie Foxx leads the Prime Video action film.
- A courthouse trial becomes a hostage crisis.
Explained simply
Amazon MGM Studios is the film and television arm of Amazon, and Prime Video is its streaming service. Deadlocked is an action film made for the service, directed by Nikhil Bhat and starring Jamie Foxx, with Sasha Calle, KiKi Layne and Luke Hemsworth also in the cast.
The story centres on a former Marine who is grieving and serving on a jury. A courthouse trial turns into a hostage crisis when the defendant’s daughter takes control of the building to try to free her father. Marko Zaror and Tyrik Johnson have joined the cast, though their roles have not been announced.